> It's strange to see everyone hold up this movie as an argument against this sort of testing. Interesting viewpoint! It seems to me that the genetic testing w

> It's strange to see everyone hold up this movie as an argument against this sort of testing. Interesting viewpoint! It seems to me that the genetic testing was nothing more than a convenient proxy for measuring actual performance. The proof is in the pudding, as they say, and by actually performing, Vincent proved that the proxy was (in many ways) flawed. > either the writers couldn't be bothered to think things through, or they believe that personal ambition is worth any price The whole story is about emotion vs. reason, about whether or not the human spirit can be neatly quantified, categorized and filed away, and about the complex trade-offs involved. I think it's more likely that the writers were aware of this aspect of the plot, and gave us that much more food for thought...